#Vaccines

Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH

ashishkjha

Heard of SARS-CoV2 variant from Japan?No?How about one from South Korea?No?Surely variants from New Zealand & Vietnam?Of course notBecause these places haven't given rise to scary variantsBut what places have.....has

Becki Winson

rebeccawinson

PLEASE will you all remember that the worst way to get someone to listen to you about the science behind vaccines is to call them stupid or hysterical. If you

Barry Maz - Got A Ukulele

bazmaz_ukulele

Aside from the loons (and remember, PLEASE remember - they are in the minority) - today IS a reason to have spirits lifted. I am no fan of this Government,

Liz Szabo

LizSzabo

LIVE: A @cdcgov advisory committee is meeting right now to recommend who should get first covid-19 vaccines when they're available. Here are the work group members.https://www.ustream.tv/channel/VWBXKBR8af4 LIVE: A @CDCgov advisory

Jeremy Farrar

JeremyFarrar

Finland detects UK & SA variants. As immune pressure on virus grows, evolution will speed up & any variants that escape that immunity will have selective advantage. Both variants huge

Sally Lewis

RslewisSally

It's the end of a long week and worth taking stock of the vaccination programme in Wales. We have seen huge increase in the rate of vaccination in recent days

Meghan Duffy

duffy_ma

Here are some resources I shared with my students related to the new coronavirus vaccines. First, a little info: Both are mRNA vaccines. What does that mean? Rather than injecting

Tyler Shandro

shandro

More than 25,000 doses of #COVID19 vaccine doses are coming next week to help protect those who put themselves at risk caring for our most vulnerable. This is in addition

Monica Gandhi MD, MPH

MonicaGandhi9

More on #vaccines e.g. the full report on the Moderna vaccine which is likely to be authorized this week! By the way, there was a ? asked about vials of

J.B. Handley

GenRescue

1/ Public health idiocy just ruined a year of our lives, but many still doubt the same idiots caused the autism epidemic. #believetheparents 2/ I made the (rather obvious) case

LANE COUNTY HUNGER STRIKE

eughungerstrike

Some thoughts and a plea: Vaccines in prisons, just like on the outside, are bandages upon systems that function through mass death of people who are disposable for and external

Ed Yong

edyong209

At the Atlantic, the peerless @sarahzhang has been leading our coverage of COVID-19 vaccines. Here's a thread of her amazing work. 1) A great big-picture look at the Moderna &

Priya Sampathkumar

PSampathkumarMD

FAQs on Pfizer COVID vaccine.Thread1.Which COVID vaccine should I get? Is one better than others? You should get the vaccine you are offered. Getting a large number of people vaccinated

Barry Schapiro, MD, FAAOS

bschapiroMD

Here’s why you shouldn’t fear an mRNA vaccine:Although these are the first FDA approved vaccines using mRNA technology, this type of vaccine technology has been studied for over a decade.1/8

Peter Kolchinsky

PeterKolchinsky

New data from Novavax vaccine just showed that UK & esp South African variants are more problematic in real world than lab experiments suggested. Implications are profound for 2021 and

𝓝𝓸𝓼𝓯𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓾

FourWinns298

1/ So the vaccines are coming. Barring unexpected safety issues (ALWAYS POSSIBLE) I'd guess approvals could come before Christmas. BUT, you're not getting it anytime soon. Then some really hard

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